Laboratory facilities and recommendations for the characterization of biological ultraviolet dosimeters

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 2813-2822

  Bolsée, David ^a   Webb, Ann R ^b   Gillotay, Didier ^a   Dörschel, Birgit ^c   Knuschke, Peter ^c   Krins, Andreas ^c   Terenetskaya, Irina ^d  

^a BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; RADIOMETERS; SOLAR ENERGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

SOLAR SIMULATORS;

DOSIMETERS;

EID: 0010933762     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.002813     Document Type: Article

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